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A pilot’s suspected attempt to crash a Boeing BA -0.79%decrease; down pointing triangle 737 MAX bound for Israel shows how one of aviation’s biggest safety threats is in the cockpit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

They said she wouldn’t attempt to flee because her husband is in New York, and that she “is intent on supporting her husband with her constant presence.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

It followed April's announcement that the BBC would cut between 1,800 and 2,000 jobs - or almost one in 10 - in an attempt to tackle "significant financial pressures".

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Court documents said Mathewson always had loud music playing and did not let parents enter her home at drop-off time in an attempt to "conceal how oversubscribed she was".

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

“Yes. We worried that any attempt at rescue could backfire. And we dared not provoke Edward Ashton to action, for we feared what his action would be.”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Several attempts came after independence, including approaches to Saudi Arabia and France, and talks with China and South Korea.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

After other attempts to reach a solution were unsuccessful, Carmona-Barrera coordinated both transportation and childcare so the patient could make the appointment.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Even more troubling: They went 0-for-12 on third downs, their most attempts without a conversion in recorded franchise history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

By naming the product of two mergers Skydance, David Ellison relegates two of Hollywood’s founding studios to a sub-brand stew and attempts to erase a bunch of controversial hires.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

No one would talk about it much, but I gathered that earlier, abortive attempts to include Marion in the activities of the group had ended in disaster.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Set at a boarding school for vampires, it attempted to address classism in the species.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

In their updates on Pike's condition after the attempted execution, her team had previously said she was awake and speaking, and experiencing anger and confusion.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Guinea-Bissau, a Portuguese-speaking country wedged between Senegal and Guinea, has experienced five coups and numerous attempted putsches since independence from Portugal in 1974.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

The next day, Centcom posted on social media that it disabled the ship after the crew attempted to violate the blockade several times and ignored repeated warnings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

A few months before, she would never have attempted it, but now she could swim if she miscalculated—and if the crocodile didn’t get her first.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

The siblings’ formal opposition claims Jeanie is attempting to prevent the sale “in order to protect her own personal interests” and her actions “constitute a breach of her fiduciary duties as a trustee.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

But Johnson, president-elect of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, could see the state attempting an execution by a different method.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The researchers hope that interfering with bacterial communication could make it possible to guide plaque toward an earlier, healthier state rather than attempting to eliminate the entire microbial population.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

EA didn’t pay the change-in-control premium after its buyout closed in August, instead attempting to defease the bonds by setting aside U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Duke demanded, attempting, once again, to shake off the irritating plastic collar tied around his neck.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein